Best Albums of the 2010s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 2010s

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Listed below are the greatest albums of the 2010s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 9,600 greatest album charts.

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2010s decade summary

Year	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts.	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year)	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
2010	1,454	152,726	The Suburbs (41st) by Arcade Fire
2011	1,493	127,771	Helplessness Blues (187th) by Fleet Foxes
2012	1,456	76,769	Lonerism (337th) by Tame Impala
2013	614	14,393	We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic (959th) by Foxygen
Total	5,017	371,659

The best bands of the 2010s are Arcade Fire, Kanye West, The National, Beach House, The Black Keys, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Radiohead, Tame Impala and Vampire Weekend.

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131.

Wrecking Ball

Bruce Springsteen

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	45 charts
Rank in 2012:	26	Rank Score:	464
Rank in 2010s	131	Overall Rank:	2,005
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132.

Transference

Spoon

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	47 charts
Rank in 2010:	45	Rank Score:	461
Rank in 2010s	132	Overall Rank:	2,019
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133.

Shrines

Purity Ring

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	19 charts
Rank in 2012:	27	Rank Score:	460
Rank in 2010s	133	Overall Rank:	2,022
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134.

Modern Vampires Of The City

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:	2013	Appears in:	55 charts
Rank in 2013:	6	Rank Score:	459
Rank in 2010s	134	Overall Rank:	2,026
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135.

Speak Now

Taylor Swift

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	13 charts
Rank in 2010:	46	Rank Score:	445
Rank in 2010s	135	Overall Rank:	2,076
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136.

Come Around Sundown

Kings Of Leon

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	45 charts
Rank in 2010:	47	Rank Score:	440
Rank in 2010s	136	Overall Rank:	2,087
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137.

Coexist

The xx

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	51 charts
Rank in 2012:	28	Rank Score:	440
Rank in 2010s	137	Overall Rank:	2,089
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138.

Man Alive

Everything Everything

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	12 charts
Rank in 2010:	48	Rank Score:	439
Rank in 2010s	138	Overall Rank:	2,093
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139.

Nightmare

Avenged Sevenfold

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	9 charts
Rank in 2010:	49	Rank Score:	439
Rank in 2010s	139	Overall Rank:	2,094
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140.

Open Your Heart

The Men

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	36 charts
Rank in 2012:	29	Rank Score:	436
Rank in 2010s	140	Overall Rank:	2,099
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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	366	37%
2011	334	33%
2012	250	25%
2013	50	5%

Band	Albums	%

Various Artists	6	1%
The Weeknd	4	0%
James Blake	4	0%
The Men	3	0%
Death Grips	3	0%
The Tallest Man On Earth	3	0%
Rihanna	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	518	52%
	206	21%
	56	6%
	39	4%
	27	3%
	25	3%
	23	2%
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